713: Marion Nestle | How Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

713: Marion Nestle | How Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

Marion Nestle (@marionnestle) is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and the author of Food Politics, Soda Politics, and Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat.

What We Discuss with Marion Nestle:
  • How food companies pay for research studies that distort science in their favor — at the expense of even the most health-conscious consumers among us.
  • Why it's important to remember that food companies are businesses geared toward making money for their stockholders -- not service agencies operating in the public's best interests.
  • Food companies band together to lobby Congress for laws that allow biased, industry-funded "research" to influence consumer habits with deceptive marketing language.
  • When Marion tracked 168 food company-funded studies, she discovered that 156 concluded with results favorable to the sponsors' interests, and only 12 ended up with unfavorable results.
  • The many ways food marketers mislead consumers and how to protect yourself and your family from this never-ending barrage of deception.
  • And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/713

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